Last Chance Leduc a finalist in the Herman Voaden Playwriting Competition

Last Chance Leduc by Katherine Koller, which also won the 2013 Alberta Playwriting Competition, received an Honorable Mention in the 2015 Herman Voaden National Playwriting Competition, offered biannually by the Drama Department of Queen’s University. This year’s winners were Norman Yeung for his play Theory, and Len Falkenstein for...

“Waterfall” at Script Salon Special

To celebrate the annual general meeting of The Playwrights Guild of Canada in Edmonton, on May 29, 2015, Script Salon asked for short plays by Edmonton and area playwrights, and held a Script Salon Special to introduce playwrights from across the country to the talent here. Playing several roles from multiple scripts were Lora Brovold, Coralie Cairns, Vincent Forcier, Richard Gishler and Garett Ross.  Plays and...

“Beloved by the Moon” a finalist in inaugural J.W. Bilsland fiction award

Katherine Koller’s short story, “Beloved by the Moon,” was a finalist in the inaugural John W. Bilsland fiction award, sponsored by the Strathcona Seniors Centre.   An awards ceremony at the centre was held in September 2015. Katherine remembers Dr. Bilsland from the English Department at the University of Alberta, and was honored to be...

The Exchange at Little Black Dress in Auburn, Alabama

  Presented by Sculpted Entertainment and Little Black Dres INK, the fourth annual Female Playwrights Onstage Project, Outside the Lines, includes The Exchange by Katherine Koller, on May 16, 2015, at Auburn,...

Last Chance Leduc in Aberdeen, Scotland

Last Chance Leduc by Katherine Koller is excerpted for a staged reading at Black Gold, an evening of plays about oil by The Lemon Tree at Aberdeen Performing Arts on Sunday, April 12, 2015. Directed by Stewart Aitken and featuring David Rankine as Wes and Michelle Bruce as Ev.  Video footage can be viewed...

Queenie’s Castle (French translation) at Campus Saint-Jean

This translation of Queenie’s Castle into French, by Thao Tran-Minh, is performed by Isabelle Rousseau as Queenie, Riplea Lothian as Olivia, with lighting by Witold Kurpinshi and direction by Bernard Salva at Campus Saint-Jean at the University of Alberta on March 27. The event, “Autochtones et Santé,” includes the play by Katherine Koller, a panel discussion on the Aboriginal experience in...

Jane’s Second Date on radio

Jane’s Second Date by Katherine Koller, and an interview about writing for radio with George Sapio and Katherine Koller, are available at http://www.onstageoffstage.org as part of the Valentine’s Day presentation by Onstage/Offstage: Radio for theatre geeks! Broadcast on WRFI Community Radio for Ithaca and Watkins Glen,...

Last Chance Leduc at Leduc #1 Energy Discovery Centre

To help celebrate Discovery Day, a staged reading of Last Chance Leduc by Katherine Koller was presented at the Leduc #1 Energy Discovery Centre on February 13, 2015, 68 years after the big day. The play was read by Amber Bissonette,  Darlene Auger, Mat Busby and Garret Spellicsy on Opening Day at the Centre, where the research for the play first...